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A FULL HOUSE 

A Farce in One Act 



By 

DOROTHY WALDO 

Author of ^^ Sylvia s Aunts ^' etc. 



BOSTON 

WALTER H. BAKER & CO< 
1914 



A FULL HOUSE 



CHARACTERS 



Mr. Hiram Jinks, the landlady s husband. 

Mr. Adoniram Chase, a plain man. 

Mr. Solomon Case, a retired pill manufacturer. 

Mrs. Nell Jinks, a not too prosperous boarding-house keeper. 

Miss Emily Brace, a maiden lady. 

Annie, a maid. 

Costumes.— Modern. 

Time in Playing.— Thirty Minutes. 




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AUG 17 1914 



A Full House 



SCENE. — An ordinary sitting-room, with a couch covered by 
a long couch cover. 

(Mrs. Nell Jinks is discovered fussing about tidying up the 
room. A bell rijigs off stage, a door slams, and a ma?i^ s 
voice is heard outside. Mrs. J. stops and listens.') 

Mrs. J. That must be Hiram back from his trip. I won- 
der what he's got in his bag this time — four-poster bedstead, 
like as not. That's about the only thing he hasn't brought me 
so far, — that and a canary. And what's the use of filling up a 
boarding-house like this with antique furniture if you've got no 
boarders to sleep in your beds, or eat off your tables? I'm 
just discouraged 

Efiter Mr. Hiram Jinks, heavily laden with bags and bundles. 

Mr. J. Hullo, Nell ! {He kisses her, almost hitting her 
with bundles in the process.) Fine trip this time ! An' say — 
what do you think I picked up in a store up at Riverton 
Village ? {Sits, and begins pulling open packages.) 

Mrs. J. {also sitting, discouraged and uninterested). Oh, 
I don't know. I was just saying it would probably be a 
canary. 

Mr. J. {chuckling). Well, what I got's a bird, all right. 
It's just the nicest old bird of a clock you ever saw. There 
aren't any works in it now and it's some scratched, but when I 
get it fixed— well ! And all it cost me was one dollar. 

Mrs. J. {crossly). You can get a good alarm clock with 
works in it for sixty-nine cents. 

Mr. J. Say, Nell, what's the matter with you, anyway? 
Pipe bust in the cellar ? 

Mrs. J. No. 

Mr. J. Cook left ? 

Mrs. J. Not yet. 



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Mr. J. Mislaid the winter blankets ? 

Mrs. J. Of course not. 

Mr. J. Well, what is the matter then ? 

Mrs. J. Matter enough, with the three best rooms in the 
house empty, and you bringing home nothing but clocks to put 
in them. Here are eggs two cents cheaper, and I've got a new 
cook, and not a star boarder to take advantage of it. 

Mr. J. But all the rooms on the third floor are full. 

Mrs. J. Oh, those pot-boilers. I want some people who 
will pay for fancy fixings. 

Mr. J. (who has shown signs of uneasifiess during his 
wife's last statement). By Jove, Nell, I 'most forgot! I've 
got a fancy boarder for you — a corker — second-story front. 

Mrs. J. You have ? Where is he ? 

Mr. J. Well, you needn't look at my bag. He's not in 
there. I haven't seen him myself; just talked with him over 
the telephone. His name is Case. Solomon Case, of Riverton. 

Mrs. J. Wealthy ? 

Mr. J. Huh ! Inventor and owner of Case's Colossal 
Cold Cure. 

Mrs. J. Good-natured? 

Mr. J. Up at Riverton Village they call him Candy Case. 

Mrs. J. Well, there must be something wrong with him. 

{Off stage is heard the rattle of dishes^ laughter.) 

Mr. J. Not as far as I know. Only one thing he did in- 
sist on. Said he must have quiet. Emphasized that a lot. 
He must have his quiet. 

{More disturbing sounds are heard outside.) 

Mrs. J. I knew it. And listen to that noise. Probably 
he goes to bed at eight, and takes a nap in the parlor after 
lunch. This Bedlam is no place for him. But when's he 
coming ? 

Mr. J. I don't know exactly. He didn't say over the 
telephone. I talked with him Wednesday, and I should think 
he might be along most any day now. {Rises, gathering up 
bufidles.) But I can't sit here all day. I'll go get into my old 
duds and spade up that bit of lawn again. There's a radiator 
out there that needs fixing too, and I might get to wash the 
piazza 

Efiter Annie. 



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Annie. Mrs. Jinks, Mr. Chase to see you. 

[JVotses of various sorts are heard outside.) 

Mr. J. Talk of angels ! Guess you mean Case, don't you, 
Annie? (^Telephone rings outside.^ There's the telephone. 
I'll answer it. \_Exit. 

Mrs. J. ingoing to window). And there comes the express- 
man. Annie, do make him keep quiet while he's bringing in 
that trunk. And show Mr. Case up here before you let the 
man in. {Exit Annie. Noises of laughter and talking are 
heard outside. Mrs. J. speaks off stage.) Girls! You must 
be quiet. I'm trying to land a crank who wants quiet. (JSfoise 
heard outside window.) Hi Jinks, you just can't wash that 
piazza now. Didn't you tell me yourself the man wanted 
quiet? {^She turns back into room.) I wonder howl better be 
when he comes in, reading or sewing a little. Reading, I 
think. {She sits, jumps up again ^ and speaks off stage.) 
Annie, when the laundry man comes tell him I want four 
double sheets. He only brought three. And for pity's sake 

smother that noise for the next half hour Oh ! Here the 

creature comes. Let's see. What was I reading? ''Power 
Through Repose." Oh ! 

(She sinks quietly info a chair as Mr. Adoniram Chase 
enters.) 

Mr. Chase. Ah ! Mrs. Jinks, I believe ? 

Mrs. J. {languidly laying aside book and smiling at him). 
Ah, yes ! Mr. Case. I am so glad to welcome you to our 
quiet home, Mr. Case. 

{Noise of laughter, hastily stifled, heard outside. Mrs. J. 
listens angrily y Mr. Chase interestedly.) 

Mr. Chase. I understand you may be able to give me a 

place where I can have {Frightful pounding outside , 

which drowns his words. When it dies down he begins again. ) 
I understand you may be able to give me a place where I 
can 

{The noise starts up again. Mr. Chase pauses, smiling 
good-naturedly. ) 

Mrs. J. {aside). Hi Jinks, that radiator ! {To Mr. Chase.) 
Excuse me one moment. I think there must be something 



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quite out of place to occasion such a disturbance in our usually 
peaceful domicile. Will you rest quietly here one moment, 
Mr. Case? \_Exit. 

Mr. Chase. Queer person. Either she's got an impedi- 
ment in her speech or else she thinks I'm another chap. Oh, 
well, it's all one. Chase — Case — Case — Chase. Who cares, 
as long as I find a room? {He looks about Jwn.') Looks 
pretty decent here. Funny, now, I just happened to see that 
<'ad" in the paper, and 1 said, ''Sounds nice. Sure as I'm 
Adoniram Chase, Esq., of Athol, Mass., I'll try it." And 1 
hopped on the car, and here I am in one-half hour from read- 
ing advertisement. {He tries the chairs. Then he dusts the 
rungs with his handlzer chief and looks at it.) Yep. Looks 
clean, and sounded cheerful when I came in. Must have 
plenty of jollity, say I, to help forget. All A. Chase wants is 
some good gay noise, a clean towel, a good bed, and three 
square meals a day. 

Eiiter Mrs. J. 

Mrs. J. (suavely). We can surely give you those. 
Mr. Chase, Good, good. Beans Saturday night? 

Mrs. J. Certainly; and 

Mr. Chase. Sheets long enough ? 
Mrs. J. {measuring hitn with her eye). Oh, I hope so ! 
Mr. Chase. What kind of bed ? 

Mrs. J. Oh, a very nice kind. Quite new. One like this 
here. 

{She indicates couch, a?id both go and stand by it.) 

Mr. Chase {looking at it doubtfully, drawing out handker- 
chief, and 7neasuri7ig it deliberately ; then he shakes his head). 
'Twon't do. I might as well sleep in a cracker-box. 1 must 
have my spread. 

Mrs. J. Oh, that's wide enough. It's folded up now. 

Mr. Chase {horrified). Folding-bed? No, thank you ! 

Mrs. J. Oh, well, it doesn't exactly fold ; it just sort of 
bends lengthways. 

Mr. Chase. Madam, I'm no more willing to be smothered 
lengthways than I am endways. 

Mrs. J. {eagerly). Oh, but it can't possibly smother you. 
Just see how simply it works, and how safe it is. 

{She is about to show him, when Annie enters.) 



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Annie. Vegetable man has come, Mrs. Jinks. [Extf. 

Mrs J. Oh, I'll be there. You see, Mr. Case, you just 
press on that part there {indicating one end of the couch 
vaguely), and give a little shove up here {^pointing indefinitely 
at another part), and it just glides open, and you unfold the 
mattress. It's quite simple— j^st press and push. 

{She drifts out, still vaguely directing.) 

Mr. Chase {staring after her). Isn't that clear and dis- 
tinct, now ? Press and push ! Where'll I press, and where 
I Dush ? {He lifts the couch cover, examining ) Well 1* irst 
I'll try a push. {He shoves on one end, a?id couch rolls away 
from him.) Well, at that rate, I'd have no bed at all. 
Where's the place you press? How does the old thmg open, 
anyhow ? 

(He crawls behind or under couch to investigate, disappearing 
from sight just as Mrs. J. and Annie enter; from differ- 
ent doors, if possible.) 

Annie. Mrs. Jinks, a lady to see you. 

{She holds out card.) 

U.^^.\. {reading card). Miss Brace. Never heard of her. 
Perhaps she's a new boarder. Well, show her m, Annie. 
(^^// Annie.) Where has that man gone ? Skipped, i sup- 
pose. 1 knew that noise would do it. I suppose I ought to be 
thankful he didn't take the silver with him. 

Enter Miss Emily Brace. 

yix^^^. {gushing). Mrs. Jinks? So ^.^^^"^^ V ^^ 'Iv 
your lovely house. You may have heard of me~-Miss Emily 
Brace. Eni. Brace they used to call me m the days when I 
was a gay gazelle. But that was all before— before— ah, me ! 

{She wipes her eyes.) 

Mrs. J. {aside). A dead past ! Not for me, unless she's 
rich Anvhow. 1 don't think I like her. 

Miss b'^ Ah me ! Once, dear Mrs. Jinks, I fnsked my heed- 
less way through life ; but now 1 droop along my decl.mng path- 
way. 



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{Here Mr. Chase sticks head out from under the bed with 
every evidence of astonishment. During the next few 
minutes he keeps looking out every time Miss B. speaks.) 

Mrs. J. Very sad, but — — 



Miss B. Hear my little tale. {They both sit, and Miss B. 
draws her chair continually closer to Mrs. J.) Myself, piquant, 
I may say sparkling. My Galahad, serious, earnest, seeking 
the upright in life. My frivolous nature, — a too — too trifling 
jesi, and I am left blighted to drag my emaciated form to a 
spinster's grave. 

Mrs. J. {aside). Does she think this house is a spinster's 
grave? I'm sure I don't like her. {To Miss B.) But Miss 
Brace 

Miss B. Oh, call me Em. — it seems so cozy. I confide in 
you, Mrs. Jinks. I confide in you. From that sad day I for- 
swore man. Never again to speak to man ! Never again to 
have anything to do with man ! ( With sudden change of to?ie.) 
Are there any men in this house ? 

Mrs. J. {reluctantly). Well, no; not many. 

Miss B. Then this shall be my home. {Sadly.) Yes, Mrs. 
Jinks. He went from me. 

Mrs. J. {very sympathetically as she realizes she may have 
a new boarder). He died ? 

Miss B. {behind handkerchief). He was taken from me. 

(Mrs. J. is just about to speak when Mr, J. comes to door.) 
Mr. J. Telephone for you, Nell. 

(Mrs. J. goes out hastily. Miss B. stops Mr. J. as he turns 

to go out.) 

Miss B. I thought there were no men in this house. What 
are you, the Buttons? 

Mr. J. Why, yes, daytimes. 

Miss B. Daytimes ? And what may you be night-times, my 
good man? 

Mr. J. Well, whenever Mrs. Jinks comes in from a party 
in one of those style new dresses, I'm the unbuttons. 

{^ExitMK. J., chuckling. 

{As Mr. J. goes out, Mr. Chase's feet appear from under 
the bed.) 



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Miss B. My goodness ! What was that ? Man under the 
bed at last ! Where shall I go ? What shall I do ? No men ! 
Men hidden everywhere. 

Mr. Chase. Emily, Emily ! 

{^He is seen struggling to get out.) 

Miss B. Don't speak to me. Go away. 
Mr. Chase. Emily, help. It's me, Em. 
Miss B. Adoniram Chase. You ! 

(She pulls him outj and they come downstage. She is greatly 
flustered J a7id dabs at him vainly, trying to dust him off.) 

Mr. Chase. Emily — after all these years ! 

Miss B. Have you been under there all this time ? 

Mr. Chase. Em. Was it true ? 

Miss B. Everything's true. Nothing's true. Oh, go away. 
Somebody might come. 

Mr. Chase. Was it a joke, Em. ? You know I'm a plain 
man, Em. I like some jokes, but I can't understand them. 
Do you mean 

Miss B. No, I'm not mean. Yes, I do mean, — I mean, — 
oh, go back, somebody's coming. 

(She tries to push him back.) 

Mr. Chase. Back under the bed ? No, thank you. 

Miss B. You've got to go back. Didn't you hear? I've 
abjured you. You're dead. If you don't go back, you'll make 
me a liar, and I'm trying to engage board. 

Mr. Chase. Well, I'll be dead for sure if I go back there. 
No, ma'am ! 

Miss B. But I'll die of mortification if you don't. Now, go 
back, and stay still till I tell you to come out. 

(She shoves him back as Mr. J. enters.) 

Mr. J. Will you step this way, Miss Brace ? Mrs. Jinks 
would like to show you the rooms. {Exit Miss B. Mr. J. is 
Just abottt to go out after her when he notices Mr. Chase' s/c?c/ 
sticking out from itnder the bed. He turns away from it, and 
comes doivn to front of stage.) My Lord ! What's that? A 
burglar ! And Nell says the Brace is scared o' men. Guess I 
better capture him now, as quick as lean. Let's see. They'll 
be talking out there some time. I'll get my gun and land him 
now. 



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{^Exit from one door, as Mrs. J. and Miss B. enter from 

another.^ 

Mrs. J. Yes, I think you'll find that reasonable. And there 
are no men on that floor. 

{Here Mr. J. returns with his gun, which he hastily con- 
ceals at sight of the ladies.) 

Mr. J. Oh ! I didn't know you'd be coming so soon. 
{Aside.) 1 got to do it, or they'll discover him. {To 
Miss B.) Miss Brace, do I understand you don't like men ? 

Miss B. It's not that I do not like them. For me they do 
not exist. {She talks to Mrs. J.) 

Mr. J. (aside). Do I look like a dead one? She's apt to 
find two of us existing here in a minute, all right. {Aloud.) 
Nell, don't you mind anything I do. (Turns suddenly, and 
poifits gun at couch.) Now you, come out of that. 

(Miss B. starts toward Mr. J. Mrs. J. pulls her back.) 

Mr. Chase. You bet I will ! 

{He struggles violently, but is evidently caught under the 
couch.) 

Miss B. (anguished). Oh, Adoniram ! Don't overdo. 
Mrs. J. What is it ? What is it ? 
Mr. J. {threateningly). Come on out. 
Mr. Chase. I can't — I can't. 

(He struggles still harder. Mr. J. seizes his foot to help 
him.) 

Miss B. He'll kill him. Don't kill him. Kick, Addy. 

Oh, don't kick, Addy (Mr. J. continues to pull on boot 

until it comes off, disclosifig a hole in the stockifig heel. Mr. 
Chase 7vaves foot wildly in the air.) There, I knew it. Hole 
in his heel ! Goodness knows what the toe is like ! No one 
to darn for him. Heartless wretch that I am, I mean was. 

(She weeps at one side of stage, while Mr. and Mrs. J. 
extricate Mr. Chase.) 

Mrs. J. {as they sta?id him up). Why ! It's Mr. Case. 
Mr. Chase {rather crossly). Chase, madam. (To 
Miss B.) Now see what you've got me into. 



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Miss B. I didn't. You got there yourself. 

Mr. Chase. Well, never mind, Em. Was what I heard 
you say true ? 

Miss B. Oh, yes, yes, yes. My fluttering heart. I am so 
agitated. 

(She rushes fro7n the room, and Mr. Cuk^y. follows her.) 

Mrs. J. (to Mr. J.). How did he get under that bed? 
Mr. J. Are they both crazy ? 

(They rush out after Mr. Chase a7id Miss B., and there is 
heard a hubbub of voices outside. Mr. Case enters from 
another door.') 

Mr. Case. I thought I heard merry voices, so I came right 
in, but there seems to be no one here. {Looks at watch.) 
Ah ! Time for my cold pill. Case's Colossal Cure for Colds. 
Nothing like it. (Takes a pill. Then looks about him.) 
Very pleasant. Pleasant rooms, pleasant merrymaking. Now 
if I can get my diet, I shall be well settled. My diet is the 
only question. Ah, yes. (Looks at his watch.) Time for a 
dyspepsia pill. It must be in my bag. I'll just go out and 
get it while I wait. 

(Exit Mr. Case, as Mr. and Mrs. J. enter. Mrs. J is 
scolditig him.) 

Mrs. J. There now, we've lost them both, and those rooms 
are still empty. Oh, dear, dear, dear. You might have known 
that if there was a man under the bed, he was there for some 
good reason. Why couldn't you let him stay there ? Now 
you've gone and scared her off. And he's Mr. Chase, not 
Mr. Case, and I nearly killed myself trying to keep the place quiet 
for him and he likes noise, so he won't stay. They're both out 
there now, planning what they'll do, and it's all your fault. 

Enter Mr. Case unobtrusively, unseen at first. 

Mr. J. But, Nell 

Mrs. J. And if the right Mr. Case ever does come, he 
won't Slay five minutes, because I can't keep things quiet with 
the ice man, and the coal man, and you fixing the radiator 
every minute. 

Mr. Case. {interruptino;ly timidly). But, madam 

Mrs. J. (rather rudely). Who are you? 



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Mr. Case {lir awing himself up). Solomon Case, manu- 
facturer and sole proprietor of Case's Colossal Cold Cure. 

Madam, 1 am a quiet man myself 

Mrs. J. {discouragedly). Oh, yes, I know 

Mr. Case. 1 was going to say, 1 am a quiet man 



Enter Mr. Chase and Miss B. Miss B. leafis on his arm 
with proprietary air. He is evidently somewhat be- 
wildered and greatly embarrassed. 

Mr. Chase {interrupting Mr. Case bluntly'). Mr. and 
Mrs. Jinks, madam. I came here separately 

Miss B. {coyly). We, Addy. 

Mr. Chase. We came here separately looking for a home 
— hum — a — a 

Mr. J. (aside). Expect to find it under the bed ? 

Mr. Chase {still more efnbarrassed). Mrs. Jinks — we two 
lonely mortals are brought here by a fange straight, — I mean a 
strange freight — I mean a peculiar coincidence 

Miss B. Such eloquence ! 

Mr. Chase. Hush, Emily. And we have decided that if 
you will keep us, here we will remain, together 

Miss B. Ever together, together ever. Ah, poetry ! 

{They converse at one side.) 

Mr. Case. Very pretty. {To Mrs. J.) Madam, I have 
been for some time trying to say I am a quiet man. 

Mr. J. You'll have to say it pretty loud in this house if you 
want to be heard. 

Mr. Case {laughing). He! He! He! So I observe. 
Therefore I insist on saying that although 1 am a quiet man, 
nothing pleases me more than a little gaiety in others. 

Mrs. J. {starting). But you said 

Mr. Case. One moment, madam. I must have my say. 
Before I take lodgings here I must be sure of a front room, 
second floor, preferably over the parlor. The parlor lends 
jollity. However, that is a side issue. I insist only upon an 
excellent diet, a good plain hearty diet. 

Mrs. J. Diet ? 

Mr. J. You said quiet. 

Mr. Case {bristling). I, sir? When, sir? 

Mr. J. To me, over the telephone. 

Mr. Case {much disturbed). Never, sir, never. I have 



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never wished for quiet. 1 shall be quiet long enough after my 
pills have ceased to keep me alive. Diet^ sir ; never quiet, is 
the secret of all helps to health. See page twenty-two of the 
booklet given away with Case's Colossal Cold Cure. Note the 
motto on every bottle of Solomon's Sure Stomach Sedative. 
(^Takes a bottle from his pocket.') Jest and Digest. If you can 
give me diet without quiet, 1 remain. 

Mrs. J. {speaking wonderi7igly). Then you're all going to 
stay ? 

{They all nod.) 

Mr. J. Brace, Chase, Case. That comes pretty near being 
three of a kind. 

Mrs. J. It's better than three of a kind. It's a full house ! 



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MinfUAWNFI Play in Four Act«. Six males, five female. 
i711I/-vflil.iill£<Lt OoKtumes, modern; soonery, three interiors. 
Plays two and a half hours. 



Acts. Eight 
Costumes, modem; so«nery, all interiors. 



THE NOTORIOUS MRS. EBBSMITH ^'^» '" '»" 

males, five females. 
Plays a full evening, 

THP PPOFf IPATF Play in Four Acts. Seven males, five 
* **E« * IWI LiiU/l 1 E* females. Scenery, three interiors, rather 
•laborate ; costumes, modern. Plays a full evening, 

TUC CPUnni MfCTDrCC Farce in Three Acts. Nine males, 
lilL dLnUULmldlKCdO seven females. Costumes, mod- 
em; scenery, three interiors. Plays a full evening. 

THE SECOND MRS. TANQUERAY ^lli^^Z,Xi 



females. Costumes, modern; 
fall evening. 



scenery, three interiors. Plays a 



CW17FT I AVFT^nirP Comedyin Three Acts. Seven males, 
O ¥¥£•£• I Li/lVrilll/lJA. four females. Scene, a single interior, 
oostumes, modern. Plays a fuU evening. 

TUr TUf TlVinrDIini T comedy in Four Acts. Ten males, 
inL inUill/r.IVDULl nine females. Scenery, three interi- 
ors; oostiunes, modern. Plays a full evening. 

mTIMFQ Comedy in Four Acts. Six males, seven females. 
1 llTlJUiJ Scene, a single interior ; costumes, modern. Plays 
A full evening. 

TUC WF A ITFI? QFY Comedy In Three Acts. Eight males, 
IflEi fTJuiii\Lii\ OCiA eight females. Costumes, modern; 
foenery, two interiors. Plays a full evening. 

A WIFE WITHOUT A SMILE ^Te'^liJ^.^'rf'.mtSel: 

Costtimes, modern ; scene, a single interior. Plays a full evening. 



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lUly ATT AJU«IllilU four males, gix females. Scenery, not diffl- 
oulk, ohiefiy Interiors ; oofltomes, modem. Plajg a fall evening. 
Price, 50 Cents. 

THE FRUITS OF ENLI8DTEWIENT iT^%i^-^o^r-ktii;: 

one males, eleven femalee. Scenery, oharaoterljtio interiors ; oo»* 
tames, moderu. Plays a full evening. Beoommended for reading 
olabs. Frioe, 95 Cents. 

HIS EXCELLENCY THE fiOTERNOR ^''Jlll^T^.t'\^l 

males, three females. Cogtumes, modem ; scenery, one interior. 
Acting rights reserved. Time, a full evening. Price, 60 Cents. 

AN IDFAT Hn^RAND comedy in Four Acts. ByOsoABWiLDR. 
An lirCAl^ UUJOAnil Nine males, six females. Costumee, mod- 
em ; scenery, three Interiors. Plays a full evening. Acting rights 
reserved. Sold for reading. Price, 60 Cents. 

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEWfi EARNEST IJJ,? i? SJ-L'S 

"WiLDB. Five males, four females. Costumes, modem ; scenes, two 
interiors and an exterior. Plays a full evening. Acting rights ro> 
served. Price, 60 Cents* 

LADY WINDERMERFS FAN ??J?S'/%!';Siai,.^Z.?,"'1J 

males. Costumes, modem ; econerv, three interiors. Plays m fall 
evening. Acting rights reserved. Price, 50 Cents. 

NATHAN HAT F Play in Four Acts. Br Cltob Fitoh. Fifteen 
naiuiui UAI4I4 males, four females. Costumes of the eighteenth 
century in America. Scenery, four interiors and two exteriors. Act- 
ing rights reserved. Plays a full evening. Price, 60 Cents. 

THF ATHFR FFTTOW Comedy in Three Acts. ByM.B.HoKns. 
lUC UlUCn rCtLfU rr six males, four females. Scenery, tiro 
Interiors ; costumes, modem. Professional stago rights reserved. 
Plays a full evening. Price, 50 Cents. 

THE TYRANNY OF TEARS 8S&IS.^^,fa'£,.^^rS ^ 

males. Scenery, an Interior and an exterior; costumes, modem. 
Acting rights reserved. Plays a full evening. Price, 60 Cents. 

Comedy In Four Acts. By 
080jlbWiij>b. Eight males, 
seven females. Costumes, modem ; scenery, three interiors and an 
exterior. Plays a full evening. Stage rights reserved. Offered for 
reading only. Price, 60 Cents. 



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